<aside> 🐘 A collection of the 3 Pieces of Content I've found the most valuable this week on the internet, with some reflections, key lessons, and why they can add value to our lives. Plus, one thought-provoking quote. I do this because I believe in intentionally choosing the content we consume, especially on the internet, in an era in which the amount of content we expose ourselves to can consume us, if we are not mindful enough.
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Joe Navarro is a former FBA agent, whose book What Everybody is Saying has been one of the first books I have read, and a great resource on all things body language.
In this conversation, Navarro shares some very valuable points on the importance of seeing body language merely as cues of a person's current feelings and thoughts, which need to be examined further in order to be understood, instead of jumping to often-wrong and simplistic conclusions believing that a simple gesture such as crossed arms signifies emotional closure. Believing that body language cues have clear meanings is utter nonsense, Navarro points out more than once during the conversation.
In addition to body language, I find that this conversation offers some valuable information towards the end, when Navarro explains some key principles behind hiring and firing people in organizations.
A conversation on leadership, decision-making, management and mental models in management, this podcast episode from The Knowledge Project provides some great food for thought as far as business and integrative thinking are concerned.
Some key points I found very interesting have been:
Here is the link to the notes from this episode, taken from the official website of The Knowledge Project.
To be free ultimately is to be devoted, in ways that might be strenuous, to meeting our own expectations.
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
— Carl Gustav Jung